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Will you/did you let your child choose their own secondary school?

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Sennensurfer · 14/09/2018 07:15

Will you be letting your child choose their secondary school or did you decide for them?

We've got a few decent secondary schools nearby, some have better results than others though.

My instinct tells me to let him choose the one he's most comfortable with rather than pushing him into going to the one with the best results.

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Thatdidntlastlong · 14/09/2018 07:24

A very interesting question. I do think dc are able to sense things that the dparents don't about a school, so may have a better feel for whether they will be happy there. On the other hand dparents do have more life experience and may be more sceptical about some aspects.

So I'd say definitely take the dc's views into account, particularly if they are strongly anti a particular school. And if they're all ok, then yes giving them the final choice may be sensible.

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